European Round-up: Michael Owen did little to enhance his international prospects last night when he was substituted early in the second half of Real Madrid's 1-0 defeat to Deportivo la Coruna at the Bernabeu Stadium.
Owen, who was warned by England manager Sven Goran Eriksson that his place in the England line-up was at risk because of a lack of Primera Liga action, was named in the starting line-up. Buthe fluffed two decent chances in the first half and was replaced by Morientes six minutes after the interval.
Albert Luque's breakaway goal in the first half was enough to give Deportivo victory.
Henrik Larsson struck 20 minutes from time to send Barcelona two points clear with a 1-0 win over Numancia at the Nou Camp yesterday.
Larsson thumped in his header from Xavi's corner to make the breakthrough.
Victory put Frank Rijkaard's unbeaten side top on 16 points from six games, two points ahead of champions Valencia following their 1-1 draw at Real Betis on Saturday.
Ian Harte's Levante enjoyed a 2-0 home victory over Mallorca.
Juventus and champions AC Milan picked up wins in Serie A as the early season surprise package Messina continued their impressive form with a 4-1 victory over Siena.
A second half header from Uruguayan substitute Marcelo Zalayeta gave Juventus a 1-0 win at Udinese, while Andriy Shevchenko scored twice for Milan in their 3-1 victory over Reggina.
Arturo Di Napoli grabbed two goals for Messina who are in second place on 11 points, two behind Juve and one ahead of Milan.
New Roma coach Luigi Del Neri saw his side draw 3-3 with Inter Milan at the Olympic stadium.
In France, Lille took over at the top of Ligue 1 from Monaco with a 1-0 win at Stade Rennes on Sunday. Matt Moussilou scored Lille's goal in the 65th minute.
Lille lead by goal difference ahead of Olympique Lyon, who enjoyed a 3-2 derby victory away to St Etienne.
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